netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] net: Fix too optimistic NETIF_F_HW

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Message-ID: <20101130170755.GA1798@rere.qmqm.pl>
Date:	Tue, 30 Nov 2010 18:07:55 +0100
From:	MichałMirosław <mirq-linux@...e.qmqm.pl>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>,
	Jesse Gross <jesse@...ira.com>, Jon Mason <jon.mason@...r.com>,
	Ramkrishna Vepa <Ramkrishna.Vepa@...r.com>,
	Sivakumar Subramani <Sivakumar.Subramani@...r.com>,
	Sreenivasa Honnur <Sreenivasa.Honnur@...r.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net: Fix too optimistic NETIF_F_HW_CSUM features

On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 05:53:46PM +0100, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> Le mardi 30 novembre 2010 à 17:38 +0100, MichałMirosław a écrit :
> > NETIF_F_HW_CSUM is a superset of NETIF_F_IP_CSUM+NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM, but
> > some drivers miss the difference. Fix this and also fix UFO dependency
> > on checksumming offload as it makes the same mistake in assumptions.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Michał Mirosław <mirq-linux@...e.qmqm.pl>
> > ---
> > 
> > Changes from v1:
> > - fixed compilation of jme driver
> > - enable vxge support for IPv6 checksum
> > ---
> >  drivers/net/vxge/vxge-ethtool.c |    2 +-
> >  drivers/net/vxge/vxge-main.c    |    2 +-
> >  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> I have no idea how you got this diffstat.
> Your patch touches more files than that...

Hmm. Looks like a bug in StGit.

stg refresh didn't fix this. stg repair didn't either. :/

Best Regards,
Michał Mirosław
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